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14 October 2014
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides authoritative and comprehensive information on nuclear law...
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10 October 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)1/REV2
The present Phase-II Vision Document is the revised version following refining of work priorities of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative subsequent ...
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10 October 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)8
This document reports on the progress of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative over the period March 2013-March 2014.
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24 September 2014
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23 September 2014
NEA/CRPPH/ISOE(2012)1/REV5
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19 September 2014
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19 September 2014
Uranium is the raw material used to fuel over 400 operational nuclear reactors around the world that produce large amounts of electricity and benefit from life cycle carbon emissions as low as renewa...
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9 September 2014
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8 September 2014
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5 September 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)5
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved in December 2008 a proposal of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to conduct a round ...
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27 August 2014
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses abonnés bénéficient d’informations exhaustive...
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22 August 2014
Decommissioning of nuclear facilities and related remedial actions are currently being undertaken around the world to enable sites or parts of sites to be reused for other purposes. Remediation has g...
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18 August 2014
Producing uranium in a safe and environmentally responsible manner is not only important to the producers and consumers of the product, but also to society at large. Given expectations of growth in n...
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14 August 2014
Produire de l'uranium de façon sûre et responsable sur le plan environnemental est important non seulement pour les producteurs et les consommateurs du produit, mais également pour la société dans so...
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14 August 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)8
These proceedings cover the 12th International Workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. This workshop, which is the twelfth in a series, along with many other activities performed b...
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8 August 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)8/ADD1
The 12th International Workshop was held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. This workshop, which is the twelfth in a series, along with many other activities performed by the Working Group,...
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4 August 2014
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24 July 2014
Nuclear decommissioning activities can greatly benefit from research and development (R&D) projects. This report examines applicable emergent technologies, current research efforts and innovation nee...
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21 July 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)7/PROV
This document is the summary record of the seventh meeting of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative, held in Paris, France on 27-28 May 2014.
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21 July 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)10
The impact of leaking fuel rods on the operation of nuclear power plants and the practices of handling leaking fuel has been reviewed by the CSNI Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) in order to promo...
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18 July 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)9
This document is an overview of the mandate of the Expert Group on Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste (PMRW). As an initial task, the PMRW will focus on main aspects related to activities in...
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17 July 2014
NEA/CRPPH/ISOE(2012)1/REV3
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16 July 2014
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15 July 2014
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2014)2
This document is the summary record of the 7th meeting of the Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG) held in Malmö, Sweden on 10-11 June 2014.
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8 July 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)7
The reports of the survey on the design review of new reactor applications are to serve as guides for regulatory organisations to understand how technical design reviews are performed by member count...
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8 July 2014
Both national and international organisations agree that the fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies -- the regulator's prime purpose -- is to ensure that nuclear licensees oper...
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4 July 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)9
The Fukushima Dai-ichi accident triggered discussions about the significance of external hazards and their treatment in safety analyses. In addition, stress tests results have shown vulnerabilities a...
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2 July 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)7
The main objectives of this status report on FCVSs in OECD countries, as defined by the Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA), were to: compile the status on the implementatio...
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2 July 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)5/ADD1
A round robin exercise (RRE) on Improving the Robustness Assessments Methodologies for Structures Impacted by Missiles (IRIS-2012) was instituted jointly by IRSN, France and CNSC, Canada based on exp...
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30 June 2014
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27 June 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)7
This document describes the mandate of the RWMC Expert Group on Waste Inventorying and Reporting Methodology (EGIRM).
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26 June 2014
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25 June 2014
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24 June 2014
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24 June 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)5
In December 2011, the WGRNR developed a supplemental report augmenting Report on the Survey on Regulation of Site Selection and Preparation NEA/CNRA/R(2010)3 to address additional siting issues, such...
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24 June 2014
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11 June 2014
Uranium mining and milling has evolved significantly over the years. By comparing currently leading approaches with outdated practices, this report demonstrates how uranium mining can be conducted in...
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4 June 2014
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4 June 2014
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4 June 2014
NEA/RWM(2011)13/REV3
This bibliography aims at providing an overview over the work performed in the field of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation with radioactive waste management, especially dis...
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3 June 2014
General Description of Fission Observables: JEFF Report 24; NEA Data Bank (June 2014).
The Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Project is a collaborative effort among member countries of the Da...
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1 June 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)3
This report initially provides a brief overview of the main features of a PWR, BWR, CANDU and VVER reactors. It also provides an overview of the ex-vessel corium retention (core catcher) and a genera...
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23 May 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)11
This document is the draft summary record of the 15th meeting of the Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC), held OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France on 10-11 October 2013.
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23 May 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)448
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23 May 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)449
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23 May 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)450
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23 May 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)451
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23 May 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)452
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23 May 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)4
An international Workshop on Challenges and Enhancements to Defence in Depth (DiD) in Light of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident was jointly organised by the NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activiti...
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22 May 2014
NEA/RWM/M(2014)1
The 47th session of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) took place in Paris on 26-27 March 2014. This document provides a summary record as well as a summary of the main items and decis...
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20 May 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)6/PROV1
This document is the summary record of the meeting of the task group “Set of Essential Records” within the RWMC’s initiative “Preservation of Record, Knowledge and Memory Across Generations” (RK&M), ...
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20 May 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)6
This document is the summary record of the meeting of the Task Group “Set of Essential Records” within the RWMC’s initiative "Preservation of Record, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations", ...
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12 May 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2014)3
This document is a summary record of the first meeting of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) initiative.
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29 April 2014
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides subscribers with authoritative and comprehensive informati...
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11 April 2014
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3 April 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)447
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31 March 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2014)4
Nations with nuclear power programmes are, or intend to, become engaged in planning to dispose of their higher-level and/or longer-lived radioactive waste in deep geologic repositories. If they remai...
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21 March 2014
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)6/PROV2
This document is the (second) provisional summary record of the 14th session of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France o...
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19 March 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2014)3
The RK&M project seeks, among other things, to gain insights into the factors influencing the loss and recovery of knowledge and memory preservation in areas other than nuclear wastes. One area with ...
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18 March 2014
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17 March 2014
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17 March 2014
Meeting Nuclear Data Needs for Advanced Reactor Systems
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13 March 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)10
This document is the summary record of the 2nd meeting of the Salt Club held in Berlin, Germany on 16 September 2013. The Salt Club operates under the aegis of the Integration Group for the Safety Ca...
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13 March 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2014)2/PROV1
This document describes the mission and objectives of the Salt Club for a proposed extended mandate (May 2014-December 2015) under the aegis of the IGSC.
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13 March 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)6
This document proposes the creation of an expert group on the integrated management of accident-oriented radioactive waste, which would produce valuable insights on the management of accident-oriente...
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12 March 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)5
This document is collection of articles produced by the RK&M project team about strategic aspects of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory across generations. This compilation represent o...
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11 March 2014
NEA/RWM/RF(2014)2
This document presents the most complete analysis of the use of the words control, oversight, etc. as used in NEA, IAEA and ICRP literature connected to radioactive waste disposal. It reveals the man...
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11 March 2014
NEA/RWM/RF/A(2014)1
This document outlines the provisional agenda of the 17th session of the RWMC-RF, held at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France on 24-25 March 2014.
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11 March 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)4/PROV
This document is a summary record of the sixth meeting of the RK&M initiative, held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, on 5-6 February 2014.
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4 March 2014
NEA/RWM(2011)14/REV4
The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terms that are commonly used. It is under continuous development by the project team and represents a peer-reviewed set of terms. It should be pointed...
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3 March 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)10
This document describes the proceedings of an IGSC international workshop was convened in Braunschweig, Germany on 5-7 September 2013, with the purpose of identifying and compiling information on kno...
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3 March 2014
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2014)1
Prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA’s) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy (EC DG-ENER) and...
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28 February 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)3
This document aims at providing a starting point for discussing the usefulness of launching an international discussion and reflection on the basic elements, the concrete experiences and the challeng...
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27 February 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)4
This document outlines a proposal to establish a pilot group tasked with exploring the interface between storage and disposal. Presented at the 47th session of the RWMC on 26-27 March 2014.
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27 February 2014
NEA/RWM/RF(2014)1/PROV
This document presents the proposed terms of reference for the 2015 RWMC-RF Workshop, Challenges to the Regulator in Construction, Licensing and Operation of Waste Repositories. Presented at the 17th...
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27 February 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)2
Outlines the vision for the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Project, namely to create sets of metadata that can be used by national programmes to manage their repository dat...
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26 February 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2014)2
This report presents a comprehensive look at the general monitoring information, practices and approaches used in the various national geological disposal programmes and elaborated in a number of int...
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26 February 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)2
Provides an overview of the activities associated with Phase-I of the Initiative on the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations.
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24 February 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)3/PROV
A Collective Statement of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee which describes the guiding principles of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiati...
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24 February 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)9
This document describes the proceedings of an IGSC International Symposium held at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris France on 7-9 October 2013. The purpose of this symposium was to assess the practi...
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19 February 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)3
Following a special topical discussion held on the characteristics of an effective regulator at the 27th CNRA meeting on 4-5 June 2012 and subsequent discussions at the 28th CNRA meeting on 3-4 Decem...
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19 February 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)4
Following the CFD4NRS workshops held in Garching, Germany (September 2006), Grenoble, France (September 2008) and Washington D.C., USA (September 2010), this workshop, held in Daejeon, Korea on 10-12...
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14 February 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)1
Describes the achievements and plans of the working parties under the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) as presented at the 47th session of the RWMC held on 26-27 March 2014.
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13 February 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)1
Way forward proposal for Phase II of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative.
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12 February 2014
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)6/PROV
This document is the provisional summary record of the 14th session of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 18-20 Novem...
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11 February 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2014)1/PROV
Provisional agenda for the 2nd meeting of the Task Group on Fire Risk, held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 11 February 2014.
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7 February 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)2
The Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident demonstrated the importance of increasing the robustness of NPPs to extreme external conditions and beyond design basis accidents. In this respect, the CNRA establi...
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29 January 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)10
The NEA’s Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS), in co-operation with the Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS), aimed within the current international workshop to advance the understanding within...
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23 January 2014
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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21 January 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)4
The study report explores the role, needs and expectations of local communities regarding monitoring and RK&M preservation of radioactive waste management (RWM) facilities, in particular deep geologi...
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21 January 2014
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16 January 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)8
This Technical Note makes proposals for revisions to the NEA International FEP List in light of the review of the project-specific FEP lists recently developed (i.e. since 2006) by organisations asse...
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13 January 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2014)1
Sysnthesis and international perspective of the 9th Community Visit and National Workshop of the OECD NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) held in the Czech Republic on 24-26 October 2012.
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10 January 2014
NEA/RWM/CPD(2013)1/REV1
This document is the agenda of the 32nd meeting of the Management Board of the Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information concerning Nuclear Installations Dec...
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9 January 2014
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)4/REV1
This document is the revised summary record of the 6th meeting of the Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG), held in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 18-20 June 2013.
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9 January 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)446
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6 January 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)1
The Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident serves as a case study for various disciplines within nuclear sciences. Researchers worldwide in health physics, radio-ecology, severe accident analysis, and human ...
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6 January 2014
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24 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)12
The current document is an update of the 1995 state-of-the-art report (SOAR) “Knowledge Base for Emergency Core Cooling System Recirculation Reliability”. The content of the present report goes beyon...
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20 December 2013
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20 December 2013
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20 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)12/add1
The document contains the appendices of an update of the 1995 state-of-the-art report (SOAR) “Knowledge Base for Emergency Core Cooling System Recirculation Reliability”. The content of the report go...
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19 December 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2013)7
This Technical Note reviews the relevant project-specific FEP lists recently developed (i.e. since 2006) by organisations assessing the post-closure safety of the deep disposal of radioactive waste. ...
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19 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)8/PART2
The CSNI Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) objective is to assess and where necessary strengthen the technical basis needed for the prevention, mitigation and management o...
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17 December 2013
by Robert J. Lemire (Chairman), Urs Berner, Claude Musikas, Donald A. Palmer, Peter Taylor and Osamu Tochiyama
This volume is the 13a in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Chemical Thermodynamics s...
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13 December 2013
NEA/CNRA/R(2013)1
This report issued by Working Group for Inspection Practices (WGIP) aims to examine and evaluate how maintenance programs are inspected and the benefits of the inspections. This information would the...
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10 December 2013
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)4
This document is the summary record of the 6th meeting of the Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG), held in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 18-20 June 2013.
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9 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)8/PART4
The CSNI Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) objective is to assess and where necessary strengthen the technical basis needed for the prevention, mitigation and management o...
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5 December 2013
Nuclear Energy Data is the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency's annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting the status of nuclear power in the OECD area. Information provided by member c...
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3 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)8/PART3
The CSNI Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) objective is to assess and where necessary strengthen the technical basis needed for the prevention, mitigation and management o...
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28 November 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)8/part1
The CSNI Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) objective is to assess and where necessary strengthen the technical basis needed for the prevention, mitigation and management o...
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28 November 2013
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)5/PROV
This document is the provisional summary record of the fifth meeting of the Expert Group on Preservation of Recrods, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Franc...
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28 November 2013
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)3
This document describes the manadate of the Task Group on Nuclear Site Restoration, namely, to provide the member countries with up-to-date information and to develop consensus regarding the strategi...
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25 November 2013
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses abonnés bénéficient d'informations exhaustive...
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21 November 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)7
The NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is tasked with advancing the understanding of fuel safety issues by assessing the technical basis for current safety criteria and their applicability to hi...
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18 November 2013
This publication provides an introduction to minor actinide nuclear properties and discusses some of the arguments in favour of minor actinide recycling, as well as the potential role of thermal reac...
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18 November 2013
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8 November 2013
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7 November 2013
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7 November 2013
NEA/RWM/CPD(2013)1
This document is the draft agenda of the 32nd meeting of the Management Board of the Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information concerning Nuclear Installations D...
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5 November 2013
NEA/RWM(2011)14/REV3
The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terminology for the purposes of the RK&M project. Compiled by the members of the project team, it is intended as a source of terms that are commonly u...
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31 October 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2013)6
The key objective of this joint RF/IGSC workshop was to identify, and exchange experience on, the current and future challenges faced by implementers and regulators when preparing for their applicati...
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31 October 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2013)5
This study was originally commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy between 2008 and 2010. The intention was to investigate the state of the art on marking with a view to learning lessons fo...
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25 October 2013
The feasibility and costs of spent nuclear fuel management and the consequent disposal of ultimate waste continue to be the subject of public debate in many countries, with particular concern often e...
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23 October 2013
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23 October 2013
Materials performance is critical to the safe and economic operation of any nuclear system. As the international community pursues the development of Generation IV reactor concepts and accelerator-dr...
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21 October 2013
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14 October 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2013)4/PROV
This provisional study report explores the role, needs and expectations of local communities regarding monitoring and RK&M preservation of radioactive waste management (RWM) facilities, in partic...
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10 October 2013
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9 October 2013
Particle accelerators have evolved over the last decades from simple devices to powerful machines, and are having an increasingly important impact on research, technology and daily life. Today they h...
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8 October 2013
NEA/CNRA/R(2013)3
The WGRNR organised an international workshop aimed to provide a forum to exchange information on lessons learned from siting, licensing and constructing new nuclear power plants around the world. Ke...
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7 October 2013
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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16 September 2013
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides subscribers with authoritative and comprehensive informati...
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13 September 2013
NEA/SEN/NRA/WGPC/A(2013)1
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12 September 2013
NEA/SEN/NRA/WGPC/A(2013)2
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12 September 2013
This report outlines the response of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and its member countries to the March 2011 accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. All NEA members took ea...
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10 September 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)3/PROV
The first meeting of the Salt Club (SC-1) took place at the NEA Offices in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France on 04 December 2012. This draft summary record reviews the main items and decisions.
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10 September 2013
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2013)445
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4 September 2013
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)2
This is the final report of the Task Group on Radiological Characterisation and Decommissioning (RCD) of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD). It provides guidance on selection...
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5 August 2013
The International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX) series, organised under the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters (WPNEM), has proven successful in testing, ...
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29 July 2013
Future fuel cycle characteristics, feasibility and acceptability will be crucial for the continued development of nuclear energy, especially in the post-Fukushima context. Fuel cycle choices have bot...
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18 July 2013
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16 July 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)5
The OECD/NEA-KAERI MATiS-H benchmark was initiated to test the ability of state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes to predict important turbulence parameters downstream of a generic ...
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15 July 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)2
The purpose of the International Common Cause Data Exchange (ICDE) Project is to allow multiple countries to collaborate and exchange Common Cause Failure (CCF) data to enhance the quality of risk an...
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4 July 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)4
The objective of the Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding for both regulators and operators of relevant aspects of nuclear fuel cycle safety in member countries....
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3 July 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)4
The purpose of the ICDE Project is to allow multiple countries to collaborate and exchange common cause failure (CCF) data to enhance the quality of risk analyses that include CCF modelling. Because ...
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3 July 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)1
This document describes the mandate of the IGSC Expert Group on Operational Safety (EG-OS) in 2013. The aim of the expert group is to identify, evaluate and help define international best practice in...
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1 July 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)2
This document describes the Programme of Work (PoW) of the Expert Group on Operational Safety in 2013 to 2014. Work activities outlined here were approved by the EG-OS at their kickoff meeting h...
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27 June 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)2/PROV
This document describes the provisional Programme of Work (PoW) of the Expert Group on Operational Safety in 2013 to 2014. Work activities outlined here were approved by the EG-OS at their kickoff me...
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27 June 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)6
Due to the high safety significance and importance to nuclear regulators NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) initiated in 2009 an international activity on high energy arcing ...
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25 June 2013
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)4
This document is the summary record of the 4th meeting of the Expert Group on Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative, held in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France on 16-18 April 20...
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21 June 2013
NEA/NSC/DOC(2013)10
This report defines the “OECD/NEA/NSC PBMR Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-hydraulics Transient Benchmark of the PBMR-400 Core Design”. This chapter gives more information on the day-to-day management of ...
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19 June 2013
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17 June 2013
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14 June 2013
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14 June 2013
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30 May 2013
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2013)439
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29 May 2013
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2013)440
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29 May 2013
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2013)441
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29 May 2013
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2013)442
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29 May 2013
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2013)443
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29 May 2013
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2013)444
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29 May 2013
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27 May 2013
As all safety systems in the majority of existing nuclear power plants use the preferred power supply, any voltage surges in these systems could lead to common-cause failures. In the event of an unus...
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17 May 2013
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16 May 2013
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2013)1
This document contains the proceedings of the NEA Clay Club workshop on Clay Characterisation from Nanoscopic to Microscopic Resolution. The workshop was intented to provide a discussion platform on ...
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16 May 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2013)3
This document provides a synthesis of the workshop presentations and accounts of discussions that were held. It also provides a list of the main observations garnered from the workshop for future wor...
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15 May 2013
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6 May 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)1
The OECD/NEA ROSA Project was performed to resolve issues in thermal-hydraulics analyses relevant to light water reactor (LWR) safety by using the ROSA/LSTF of JAEA for 4 years from April 2005. In pa...
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30 April 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)3
The first workshop on Seismic Observation in Deep Borehole and Its Applications (Kashiwazaki WS) was held as an embedded workshop in the First Kashiwazaki Symposium on Seismic Safety of Nuclear Insta...
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25 April 2013
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19 April 2013
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses abonnés bénéficient d’informations exhaustive...
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18 April 2013
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10 April 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)11
This report documents a study performed on a set of ICDE events related to heat exchangers. The events studied here had been collected in the ICDE database. Organisations from Canada, Germany, Japan,...
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1 April 2013
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)2/REV1
This document is the revised proposed agenda of the 4th meeting of the RWMC project on the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held at the OECD Conference Center ...
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28 March 2013
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)2
This document is the proposed agenda of the 4th meeting of the RWMC project on the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held at the OECD Conference Center in ...
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26 March 2013
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)3/PROV
This document describes the path forward for the Minimal Set of Records subgroup under the aegis of the Expert Group on Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations.
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26 March 2013
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides subscribers with authoritative and comprehensive informati...
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22 March 2013
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)1
This report provides a status update of the RK&M project for the period March 2012 to March 2013.
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22 March 2013
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15 March 2013
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15 March 2013
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) Annotated Glossary is a review of concepts central to societal decision making about radioactive waste management. It record...
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1 March 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)1/REV1
This Joint Strategic Plan for the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) takes into account the evolving status of the nucle...
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25 February 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)1/PROV
This document describes the provisional mandate of the IGSC Expert Group on Operational Safety (EG-OS). The aim of the expert group is to identify, evaluate and help define international best practic...
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25 February 2013
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)1
This document was prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA’s) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energ...
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20 February 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)17
Probabilistic safety assessment/probabilistic risk assessment (PSA/PRA) for new and advanced reactors is recognized as an important approach to achieve improved safety for the future nuclear power pl...
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19 February 2013
NEA/RWM/RF(2013)1
This discussion paper was provided to the Regulators’ Forum (RF) of the RWMC to spark discussion on the impact of the concept of oversight and of the ICRP-122 recommendations on national and internat...
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19 February 2013
The Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Project is a collaborative effort among OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Data Bank member countries to develop a reference nuclear data library for use i...
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14 February 2013
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14 February 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2013)1
This document defines and discusses the purpose and general contents of post-closure safety cases for geological repositories for long-lived radioactive waste. Its aim is to provide a useful point of...
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13 February 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2012)10
This cost control guide was prepared in response to the request from the OECD/NEA Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) – Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG) to offer the i...
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13 February 2013
NEA/SEN/NRA/WGRNR/A(2013)1
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12 February 2013
NEA/RWM(2013)2/PROV
This document describes the mandates of the RWMC Regulators' Forum (RF) and the RWMC Working Parties FSC, IGSC and WPDD. Prepared for the 46th session of the RWMC held at the OECD Conference Center i...
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8 February 2013
NEA/RWM(2013)1
This document outlines the achievements and future plans of the working parties of the RWMC, specifically the IGSC, FSC and WPDD. Prepared for the 46th session of the RWMC held at the OECD Conference...
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31 January 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)11/PART1
The Second Workshop on Seismic Observation in Deep Boreholes and Its Applications (Kashiwazaki WS) was held from 7-9 November 2012 in the City of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, and co-organised by the ...
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29 January 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)11/PART2
The Second Workshop on Seismic Observation in Deep Boreholes and Its Applications (Kashiwazaki WS) was held from 7-9 November 2012 in the City of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, and co-organised by the ...
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28 January 2013
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28 January 2013
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23 January 2013
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23 January 2013
NEA/CNRA/R(2013)2
This report builds on a previous WGIP report published in 1998, Inspection of Licensee Activities in Emergency Planning [NEA/CNRA/R(98)2]. The WGIP members considered that it was a timely to revisit ...
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21 January 2013
NEA/NSC/DOC(2013)1
The Expert Group on Reactor Physics and Advanced Nuclear Systems (EGRPANS) was created in 2011 to perform specific tasks associated with reactor physics aspects of present and future nuclear power sy...
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14 January 2013
In 2001, the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) published a report describing the role of underground research laboratories (URLs) in nuclear waste dispo...
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4 January 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)11
The main objective of the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)/Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) is to advance the probabilistic safety a...
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3 January 2013
by Heinz Gamsjäger (Chairman), Tamás Gajda, James Sangster, Surendra K. Saxena, and Wolfgang Voigt
This volume is the 12th in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Chemical Thermodynamics series. It i...
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31 December 2013
Materials research is a field of growing relevance for innovative nuclear systems, such as Generation IV reactors, critical and sub-critical transmutation systems and fusion devices. For these differ...
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31 December 2013
L'intérêt porté au développement de l'énergie nucléaire pour satisfaire une demande croissante d'énergie et faire face au changement climatique conduit à s'intéresser de plus près au cycle du combust...
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31 December 2013
Managing the ageing of fuel cycle facilities (FCFs) means, as for other nuclear installations, ensuring the availability of required safety functions throughout their service life while taking into a...
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31 December 2013
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31 December 2013
Deep geological repositories of radioactive waste are designed and licensed based on a model of long-term safety which does not require the active presence of man. During the period of stepwise devel...
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31 December 2013
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31 December 2013
In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged in recent years as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are incre...
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31 December 2013
Following the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, extraordinary efforts were undertaken in Japan to implement a compensation scheme for the proper and efficient indemnification of t...
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31 December 2013
The application of lessons learnt from the International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is an essential element for enhancing the safe operation of nuclear power plants (NPPs) throug...
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31 December 2013
Dans le domaine de la gestion des déchets radioactifs, les dernières années ont vu émerger l’autorité de sûreté comme un acteur central aux yeux de la société civile. Cette étude montre comment les a...
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31 December 2013
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31 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)2
Probabilistic Safety Assessment/Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PSA/PRA) for new and advanced reactors is recognised as an important approach to achieve improved safety and performances of new nuclear...
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23 December 2012
Meeting the growing demand for energy, and electricity in particular, while addressing the need to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to ensure security of energy supply, is one of the most difficult ...
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21 December 2012
Refurbishment and long-term operation (LTO) of existing nuclear power plants (NPPs) today are crucial to the competitiveness of the nuclear industry in OECD countries as existing nuclear power plants...
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19 December 2012
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18 December 2012
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17 December 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)15
The maintenance of sufficient expertise, data, analytical and experimental capabilities to be able to develop the technical basis to resolve currently identified safety issues and respond to and inve...
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12 December 2012
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1 December 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)16
Several OECD member countries agreed to establish the OECD/NEA Piping Failure Data Exchange Project (OECD/NEA OPDE) to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and analysis of data relat...
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26 November 2012
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9 November 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)7
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) authorised the formation of a task group in June 2011 to identify measures to enhance the integrity of the supply chain by minimising the inc...
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9 November 2012
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5 November 2012
In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, questions are being raised about the future of the uranium market, including as regards the number of reactors expected to be built ...
Published date:
1 November 2012
NEA/RWM/CPD(2012)1/PROV
This document is the provisional agenda of the 31st meeting of the CPD Management Board. It is the 4th meeting under the 2009 Agreement. The meeting was held at the NEA Offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux...
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29 October 2012
NEA/RWM(2011)14/REV2
The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terminology for the purposes of the RK&M project. Compiled by the members of the project team, it is intended as a source of terms that are commonly u...
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23 October 2012
NEA/RWM(2011)13/REV1
This bibliography aims at providing an overview over the work performed in the field of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation with radioactive waste management, especially dis...
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23 October 2012
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses abonnés bénéficient d’informations exhaustive...
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15 October 2012
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12 October 2012
An important activity of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in the field of radioactive waste management is the organisation of independent, international peer reviews of national studies and proje...
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8 October 2012
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2012)434
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8 October 2012
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2012)435
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8 October 2012
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2012)436
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8 October 2012
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2012)437
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8 October 2012
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2012)438
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8 October 2012
Nuclear Energy Data is the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting the status of nuclear power in the OECD area. Information provided by member c...
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24 September 2012
Nuclear power reactors have become a major source of electricity supply in many countries and, based on the experience of safe and reliable operation, many operators have sought and received authoris...
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21 September 2012
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21 September 2012
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20 September 2012
Safety assessment is an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on the scientific understanding and performance assessment of safety functions as well as the hazards associated with a geological disp...
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18 September 2012
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14 September 2012
NEA/RWM/PEER(2012)3
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has an acknowledged role in organising independent, international peer reviews of national programmes and studies in the field of radioactive waste management. The NEA...
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14 September 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)8
This technical guide promotes an integrated approach encompassing the interests of all actors involved (e.g. decommissioners, regulators, the public at large, waste management agencies, transporters,...
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6 September 2012
NEA/RWM/RKM(2012)4
This document is the proposed agenda of the second workshop on Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held at the on NEA Offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, on 1...
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6 September 2012
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31 August 2012
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30 July 2012
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30 July 2012
Сразу после аварии на АЭС “Фукусима-Даичи” стали подниматься вопросы о будущем рынка урана, в том числе о количестве реакторов, которые предполагалось построить в ближайшие годы, количестве урана, не...
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30 July 2012
In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, questions are being raised about the future of the uranium market, including as regards the number of reactors expected to be built ...
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26 July 2012
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24 July 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)6/ADD1
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Inspection Practices (WGIP) sponsored the 11th International Workshop on Nuclear Regulatory Ins...
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24 July 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)12
In 2005 the OECD/NEA Steering Committee agreed to establish the international Computer-based Systems Important to Safety (COMPSIS) project to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and...
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19 July 2012
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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17 July 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)14
A number of OECD member countries expressed their interest in participating in an OECD/NEA joint international research project on the topic of fire propagation. The PRISME project (PRISME is the Fre...
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6 July 2012
Sweden is at the forefront among countries developing plans for a deep geological repository of highly radioactive waste. There is no such repository in operation yet worldwide, but Sweden, Finland a...
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5 July 2012
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides subscribers with authoritative and comprehensive informati...
Published date:
3 July 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)7
The main purpose of this status report is to increase awareness and understanding of the potential applications of indicators in the safety case, and provide support for further development in the ar...
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3 July 2012
NEA/RWM/RF(2012)2
A key challenge for some national radioactive waste management programmes and an important learning opportunity for many others will be the licensing of the construction and operation of the first de...
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3 July 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)6
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) believes that an essential factor in ensuring the safety of nuclear installations is the continuing exchange and analysis of technical inform...
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2 July 2012
NEA/RWM/M(2012)2
As the ICRP finalized its guidelines on the application of ICRP-103 to geologic disposal, the RWMC and the CRPPH held a joint session to discuss the ICRP forthcoming guidelines and interpretation iss...
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29 June 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)13
Both regulators and the nuclear industry recognise the need for licensees to develop a strong, positive safety culture to support successful and sustainable nuclear safety performance. In recognition...
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27 June 2012
The NEA has undertaken a number of activities following the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. This brochure contains three extracts from NEA News published in...
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27 June 2012
This report assesses the role that nuclear energy can play in supporting the transition to a low-carbon energy system. It begins by considering the greenhouse gas emissions from the full nuclear fuel...
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18 June 2012
NEA/NSC/WPFC/DOC(2012)15
Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Flowsheet
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12 June 2012
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12 June 2012
NEA/RWM/PEER(2012)2
A major activity of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in the field of radioactive waste management is the organization of independent, international peer reviews of national studies and projects. The N...
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12 June 2012
NEA/NSC/WPFC/DOC(2012)17
LACANES – Phase I: Isothermal forced convection case
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12 June 2012
NEA/RWM/RKM(2012)1/FINAL
This RK&M workshop was held at the NEA Headquarters, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 11-13 October 2011. Its overarching goal was to scope the field and gain insights that can guide the further develo...
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6 June 2012
NEA/RWM/RKM(2012)3
This report describes the status of the RK&M project from its launch in March 2011 up to March 2012.
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5 June 2012
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1 June 2012
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30 May 2012
NEA/NSC/DOC(2012)11
The objective of the OECD LWR UAM activity is to establish an internationally accepted benchmark framework to compare, assess and further develop different uncertainty analysis methods associated wit...
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24 May 2012
The way in which nuclear licensees’ organisations are structured and resourced clearly has a potential impact on nuclear safety. As experience has continually demonstrated, operating organisations wi...
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15 May 2012
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15 May 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)3/ADD1
This appendix provides the complete compilation of responses received to the questionnaire issued in conjunction with the International Operating Experience Feedback Workshop. The workshop was coordi...
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15 May 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)5
Following discussions at the CNRA meeting held on 7-8 June 2010, the Senior Task Group on Long-term Operation was established to prepare a document on regulatory challenges for long-term operation of...
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15 May 2012
A central safety function of radioactive waste disposal repositories is the prevention or sufficient retardation of radionuclide migration to the biosphere. Performance assessment exercises in variou...
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4 May 2012
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4 May 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)1
In 2008, the NEA's Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) issued a report [NEA/CSNI/R(2008)9] addressing the feasibility of a joint international effort on human reliability analysis (HRA) data. T...
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2 May 2012
NEA/RWM/RF(2012)1/FINAL
In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are increasing their inte...
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26 April 2012
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24 April 2012
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24 April 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)4
This essay focuses on the concepts of “willing potential host” and “willing host” communities in the context of radioactive waste management facility siting. Should criteria for defining these be spe...
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24 April 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)5
This report synthesizes principles for socially responsive siting of radioactive waste management facilities that have emerged from over a decade of learning by the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (F...
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24 April 2012
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) first published in 2000 Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern?, which highlighted significant issues in the availability of human resources for the nu...
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12 April 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)5
The OECD/SETH-2 project was carried out during the period 2007-2010 under the auspices of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and with support provided by the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ja...
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6 April 2012
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) first published in 2000 Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern?, which highlighted significant issues in the availability of human resources for the nu...
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4 April 2012
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2012)4
This document was prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency's (NEA) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission‟s Directorate General for Energy ...
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28 March 2012
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2012)5
This document is a summary of the special seminar commemorating the 10th anniversary of the OECD/NEA Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held at the NEA Offices in Issy-les-Mouli...
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28 March 2012
La solution la plus communément adoptée en matière de gestion définitive des déchets radioactifs de haute activité consiste à placer ces déchets dans des centres de stockage en couche géologique prof...
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14 March 2012
Le stockage dans des installations construites dans des couches géologiques stables et profondes constitue la solution de référence pour isoler de la biosphère humaine de manière permanente les déche...
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13 March 2012
Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...
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13 March 2012
NEA/RWM/PEER(2012)1
At the request of the Belgian Federal government, the OECD-NEA International Review Team (IRT) is reviewing the safety case of the ONDRAF/NIRAS' surface disposal facility for low and intermediate lev...
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13 March 2012
The objective of the symposium "From Thermodynamics to the Safety Case", organised jointly by the NEA TDB and Sorption Projects, was to present and discuss the principal outcomes of these two project...
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12 March 2012
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8 March 2012
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses abonnés bénéficient d’informations exhaustive...
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2 March 2012
Cost estimation for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities can vary considerably in format, content and practice both within and across countries. These differences may have legitimate reasons but...
Published date:
2 March 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)3/REV
This report presents the proceedings of a workshop on the roles, evolution and interactions of cementitious materials in geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste. The workshop was organis...
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2 March 2012
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2 March 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)6/VOL3
This report describes final prediction results by system analysis codes during the OECD/NEA ISP-50 exercise, targeting a 50% direct vessel injection (DVI) line break integral effect test performe...
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27 February 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)6/VOL2
This report describes final prediction results by system analysis codes during the OECD/NEA ISP-50 exercise, targeting a 50% direct vessel injection (DVI) line break integral effect test performed wi...
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27 February 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)6/VOL1
This report describes final prediction results by system analysis codes during the OECD/NEA ISP-50 exercise, targeting a 50% direct vessel injection (DVI) line break integral effect test performed wi...
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23 February 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)12
In this document, the general coding guidelines for the OECD NEA ICDE Project (International Common Cause Failure Data Exchange) are presented with explanations and appendices for each analysed compo...
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21 February 2012
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21 February 2012
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17 February 2012
NEA/RWM(2012)1
This document describes the achievements and plans of the working parties of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC). It was prepared for the 45th session of the RWMC in 2012.
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16 February 2012
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14 February 2012
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14 February 2012
NEA/RWM/RF(2012)1/PROV
In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are increasing their inte...
Published date:
13 February 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)1
Based on the regulatory actions underway or being considered in different member countries concerning their ability to maintain their corporate knowledge with respect to the ageing work force, the Co...
Published date:
10 February 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)3
The purpose of WGOE is to facilitate the exchange of information, experience, and lessons learnt related to operating experience between CNRA Member countries. The WGOE continues its mission to ident...
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10 February 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)2
This report is focused on the analysis of construction events currently reported to the WGRNR. In order to carry out this analysis, a construction event database (ConEx) has been developed within the...
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10 February 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)2
This document is a synthesis of the 8th National Workshop and Community Visit of the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) held in Östhammar, Sweden on 4-6 May 2011. Representatives of local, regiona...
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6 February 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)14
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency developed an initiative to form writing groups of experts with the specific task of assessing the maturity of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes for nuclear reaco...
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1 February 2012
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides subscribers with authoritative and comprehensive informati...
Published date:
25 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)10
The Studsvik Cladding Integrity Project (SCIP) was initiated in 2004 as an OECD/NEA project with Studsvik Nuclear as the operating agent. Since its start, 27 signatories from 13 countries joined the ...
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19 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)8
In December 2008, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved a proposal of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to conduct a round...
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19 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)9
The main goal of the ISP-49 on Hydrogen Combustion is to identify the contemporary level of the numerical tools in the area of hydrogen combustion simulation under the conditions typical for safety c...
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18 January 2012
The most widely adopted solution for the definitive management of high-level radioactive waste involves its emplacement in deep geological repositories whose safety should not depend on the active pr...
Published date:
18 January 2012
Interest in expanding nuclear power to cope with rising demand for energy and potential climate change places increased attention on the nuclear fuel cycle and whether significant moves are being tak...
Published date:
16 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)11
A status report by the NEA’s Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) on iodine behaviour published in February 2007 concluded that although the understanding of iodine behaviour in co...
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11 January 2012
NEA/NSC/DOC(2012)1
Based on the success of the OECD/NRC BFBT Benchmark, Japan released data based on the NUPEC PWR Sub-channel and Bundle Tests (PSBT) Benchmark and asked Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the Unit...
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4 January 2012
Published date:
4 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)7
The objective of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding for both regulators and operators of relevant aspects of fuel cycle sa...
Published date:
1 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)3
A set of fuel-related safety criteria was presented – along with both the rationale for having such criteria and possible new design and operational issues which could have an effect on them – in the...
Published date:
1 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)13
The primary role of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) is to improve the current understanding and treatment of human and organisational fa...
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1 January 2012
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30 December 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)13
During the September 2009 meeting, the WGRNR presented with a draft survey comprising a broad range of questions related to the licensing process, design review and regulatory structure. At that time...
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22 December 2011
Interest in expanding nuclear power to cope with rising demand for energy and potential climate change places increased attention on the nuclear fuel cycle and whether significant moves are being tak...
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21 December 2011
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19 December 2011
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19 December 2011
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
Published date:
14 December 2011
NEA/RWM/R(2011)4
This is the final full report of the 4-year international project on Reversibility and Retrievability (R&R) launched in 2007 by the OECD/NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC). Major miles...
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6 December 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)3
In 1998, the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) issued a report on future nuclear regulatory challenges which discussed the potential erosion of safety margins as an area for further r...
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30 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)16
Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...
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28 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)15
This is the final draft of a brochure to be published in December 2011 by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) (in English and in French). This interim file is...
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25 November 2011
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22 November 2011
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10 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)13
This bibliography aims at providing an overview over the work performed in the field of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation with radioactive waste management, especially dis...
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7 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)14
The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terminology for the purposes of the RK&M project. Compiled by the members of the project team, it is intended as a source of terms that are commonly u...
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7 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2010)11
The present list of references was assembled during the period May 2007 -December 2010 in support of the work of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) Project on Reversibility and Ret...
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2 November 2011
NEA/CRPPH/R(2011)1
Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health
Expert Group on Occupational Exposure
Dose constraints - Dose constraints in optimisation of Occupational Radiation Protection and
implementation of t...
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18 October 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)6
In 2009, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved a proposal by the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to assess current knowledge...
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13 October 2011
Covariance Data in the Fast Neutron Region
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7 October 2011
The following report has been issued by WPEC Subgroup 30, whose mission was to improve the accessibility and the quality of the EXFOR database to ensure that its invaluable contents can be used in co...
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7 October 2011
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7 October 2011
Uranium-235 Capture Cross-section in the keV to MeV Energy Region
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7 October 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)12
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) sponsored a Forum on Insights and Approaches as a result of the Fukushima Accident. The forum was held at...
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6 October 2011
Nuclear Energy Data, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s annual compilation of statistics and country reports on nuclear energy, contains official information provided by OECD member country governments...
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5 October 2011
One of the most important aspects of post-accident consequence management is the involvement of stakeholders: in the planning, preparation and execution as well as in sustaining efforts over the long...
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4 October 2011
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2011)433
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30 September 2011
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29 September 2011
Acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems (ECCS) define the maximum temperature and degree of oxidation in order to avoid excessive embrittlement and hence failure of the fuel cladding, ...
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21 September 2011
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21 September 2011
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2011)431
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15 September 2011
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2011)432
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15 September 2011
NEA/RWM/R(2011)2
This report of the NEA Co-operative Programme on Decommissioning (CPD) describes generic results obtained by a CPD Task Group analysing the need for remote technologies. The report examines existing ...
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26 August 2011
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18 August 2011
What contribution can nuclear energy make to improve the security of energy supply? This study, which examines a selection of OECD member countries, qualitatively and quantitatively validates the oft...
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3 August 2011
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3 August 2011
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses abonnés bénéficient d’informations exhaustive...
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1 August 2011
NEA/RWM/R(2011)1
This report of the NEA Co-operative Programme on Decommissioning (CPD) presents the generic results obtained by a CPD Task Group on Decontamination and Dismantling (D&D) of Concrete Structures that u...
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28 July 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)12
This strategic plan for RWMC was adopted at the RWMC meeting of March 2011. It expands and details the planning given in the Strategic Plan of the Nuclear Energy Agency for 2011-2016 that was approve...
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28 July 2011
NEA/RWM/PEER(2011)3
At the request of the Swedish government, the OECD-NEA International Review Team (IRT) is examining the application by SKB for a construction license of a spent fuel repository in Sweden. Questionnai...
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26 July 2011
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12 July 2011
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7 July 2011
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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5 July 2011
Quelle peut être la contribution du nucléaire à l’amélioration de la sécurité d’approvisionnement énergétique ? Cette étude, qui porte sur une sélection de pays membres de l’OCDE, confirme par une an...
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1 July 2011
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28 June 2011
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24 June 2011
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23 June 2011
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21 June 2011
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17 June 2011
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17 June 2011
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16 June 2011
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14 June 2011
NEA/NSC/WPNCS/DOC(2011)5
Spent Nuclear Fuel Assay Data for Isotopic Validation - State-of-the-art Report
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6 June 2011
Nuclear power plants are used extensively as base load sources of electricity. This is the most economical and technically simple mode of operation. In this mode, power changes are limited to frequen...
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1 June 2011
A common theme throughout the series of NEA regulatory guidance reports, or “green booklets”, is the premise that the fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that n...
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30 May 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)10
Over the previous decade, the CNRA has produced a series of regulatory guidance reports known as the "green booklets". These reports are prepared and peer reviewed by senior regulators. They provide ...
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13 May 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)5
The OECD/NEA-Vattenfall T-Junction Benchmark was initiated to test the ability of state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes to predict the important parameters affecting high-cycle th...
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12 May 2011
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6 May 2011
Alla långsiktiga projekt för hantering av radioaktivt avfall pågår sannolikt i årtionden eller århundraden. Projektet kräver en fysisk plats och det kommer att påverka det omgivande samhället på en r...
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4 May 2011
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3 May 2011
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27 April 2011
NEA/RWM/PEER(2011)1
Over the past two decades the NEA, on behalf of requesting countries, has regularly organised international peer reviews of national safety reports in the field of geological disposal of radioactive ...
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26 April 2011
Chaque année on produit de grandes quantités de déchets dangereux, mais seule une faible proportion est constituée de déchets radioactifs. Si, globalement, on a trouvé des solutions satisfaisantes po...
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22 April 2011
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22 April 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)2
The Operating Plan describes CSNI responsibility and organisation, overall scope of work and working methods, and is supplemented by the so-called CSNI Activity Report, which contains a description o...
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19 April 2011
This report provides an overview of experimental facilities that can be used to carry out nuclear safety research for sodium fast reactors and identifies priorities for organising international co-op...
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15 April 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)15
Two subjects – stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and degradation of cable insulation – were selected as the focus of the SCC and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP) due to their relevance for plant ageing asse...
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13 April 2011
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11 April 2011
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6 April 2011
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2011)430
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1 April 2011
Contracted services are an integral part of the design, construction and operation of a nuclear facility. Changes in the nuclear industry sector, including varied availability of nuclear expertise, t...
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31 March 2011
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31 March 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)9
The report provides the proceedings from the WGOE meeting discussion on the item of generic interest from September 2010. Additionally, this report aims to analyse the WGOE member country responses t...
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31 March 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)4
The Best-estimate Methods – Uncertainty and Sensitivity Evaluation (BEMUSE) programme, promoted by the Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) and endorsed by the Committee on t...
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28 March 2011
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2010)10
This document was prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency's (NEA) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission‟s Directorate General for Ene...
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18 March 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)8
On 25 July 2006, Forsmark Unit 1 experienced a short circuit in the offsite 400kV switchyard causing the inoperability of two emergency diesel generators.
This event identified weaknesses in the ele...
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16 March 2011
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9 March 2011
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9 March 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)8
An NEA specialists’ meeting “Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Effective Consideration of Human and Organisational Factors in Event Analysis and Root Cause Analysis” was held in Paris, France on...
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8 March 2011
NEA/RWM/R(2011)3
The NEA Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information Concerning Nuclear Installation Decommissioning Projects (CPD) is a joint undertaking among member country orga...
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7 March 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)4/PROV
The Regulators' Forum of the RWMC and the IGSC have both identified the need to explore the challenges and good practice in view of preparing for the construction license of a deep geological reposit...
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1 March 2011
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28 February 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)7
The WGRNR organised an international workshop aimed to review and discuss recent and past construction experience lessons learnt including perspectives from regulatory authorities, vendors, and licen...
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24 February 2011
Avec la construction de centrales nucléaires dans plusieurs pays et des projets de construction additionnels pour répondre à la demande croissante d’électricité, les ressources en uranium, sa product...
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21 February 2011
Decisions regarding radiological protection are informed by science, including its uncertainties, influenced by stakeholder concerns, driven by prevailing circumstances, and broadly based on values a...
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17 February 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)5
The purpose of this task group report is to show existing national trending tasks and to assess the possibilities in trending of internationally reported events. The report discusses the opportunitie...
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17 February 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)6
At its May 2009 meeting, the WGOE identified transformer failures as an issue of generic importance. The US NRC had identified that transformer failures had an increasing trend. Transfortmers are non...
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17 February 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)6/REV2
In this document a vision for the RWMC project on Preservation of RK&M Across Generations is described covering the period 2011-2014. The document represents the shared vision of the project members ...
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16 February 2011
En ansenlig internationell erfarenhet som inhämtats under de senaste 20 åren visar att kärntekniska anläggningar kan rivas och avvecklas på ett säkert sätt när ett beslut väl fattats att avsluta drif...
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11 February 2011
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8 February 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)13
The idea of a benchmark study on risk-informed in-service inspection (RI-ISI) was initially developed within a subgroup of the ENIQ Task Group on Risk. The preliminary JRC project proposal was endors...
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26 January 2011
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides subscribers with authoritative and comprehensive informati...
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21 January 2011
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses abonnés bénéficient d’informations exhaustive...
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21 January 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)4
The CNRA has procuded a series of reports, known as regulatory guidance booklets or "'green booklets", which examine various regulatory challenges and adress the major elements and contemporary issue...
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20 January 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)11
Severe accident management guidelines (SAMGs) increase focus on containment integrity after some progression in the course of a severe accident. This change in priorities is made according to criteri...
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18 January 2011
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides subscribers with authoritative and comprehensive informati...
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8 January 2011
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6 January 2011
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6 January 2011
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2 January 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)7
The NEA Committe on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI), noting that different approaches to determining cladding embrittlement criteria produced nearly identical limits, asked the Working Gro...
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1 January 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)12
In 2007, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) completed a study on Nuclear Safety Research in OECD Countries: Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors (SFEAR) ...
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1 January 2011
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)429
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21 December 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)3
Report jointly prepared by the CNRA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations and by the Working Group on Transparency Activities of the European Nuclear Safety Regula...
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20 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)420
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)421
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)422
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)423
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)424
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)425
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)426
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)427
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)428
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17 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)7
The NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is tasked with advancing the current understanding of fuel safety issues by assessing the technical basis for current safety criteria and their applicabili...
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15 December 2010
Particle accelerators have evolved over the last decades from simple devices to powerful machines, and are having an increasingly important impact on research, technology and daily life. Today they c...
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15 December 2010
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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15 December 2010
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13 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)10/VOL2
A joint workshop of the Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) and the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) on implementation of severe accident management (SAM) measu...
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3 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)10/VOL1
A joint workshop of the Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) and the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) on implementation of severe accident management (SAM) measu...
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3 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)9
The Task on the Core Exit Temperature (CET) thermocouple effectiveness in Accident Management (AM) was initiated based on a discussion held by the NEA’s Committe on the Safety of Nuclear Installation...
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26 November 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)4
The objective of the NEA’s Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding for both regulators and operators of relevant aspects of nuclear fuel cycle safety in member coun...
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24 November 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)6
The NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is tasked with advancing understanding of fuel safety issues by assessing the technical basis for current safety criteria and their applicability to high b...
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15 November 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)5
Since the time of the first loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) experiments, which were largely conducted with fresh fuel, changes in fuel design, the introduction of new cladding materials and in partic...
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15 November 2010
The need to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in an effort to tackle climate change has become a major driver of energy policy. Indeed, many believe that an "energy revolution" is needed to decarbon...
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15 November 2010
NEA/RWM/RF(2010)4
The present report outlines the potential merits of R&D work carried out by the regulator. It summarises the results of a questionnaire that was circulated among the members of the Regulators' Forum ...
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10 November 2010
In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...
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8 October 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)1
This Joint Strategic Plan for the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) takes into account the evolving statut of the nucle...
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7 October 2010
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7 October 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)2
The Joint CSNI/CNRA Strategic Plan states, the Committees' Operating Plans describe each Committee's organisation, priorities and operating procedures to be used in fulfilling their mandates. The Ope...
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7 October 2010
The collective experience of the NEA Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters (WPNEM), and in particular, the experience from the International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX) series, has shown t...
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5 October 2010
Recently developed best-estimate computer code systems for modelling 3-D coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics transients in nuclear reactors need to be validated against results from experiments and...
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5 October 2010
Global demand for electricity continues to grow and numerous new nuclear power plants (NPPs) are being planned or constructed in NEA member countries. Most of these new NPPs will be of the third gene...
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5 October 2010
Les programmes nationaux de gestion des déchets radioactifs se trouvent à des phases diverses dans la recherche de sites d’implantation d’installations et se fondent sur des approches techniques dist...
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25 September 2010
À toutes les phases du cycle du combustible nucléaire, mais aussi lorsque l’on utilise des substances radioactives dans l’industrie, la recherche et en médecine, on produit des déchets radioactifs. L...
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24 September 2010
Radioactive waste is associated with all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle as well as the use of radioactive materials in medicine, research and industry. For the most hazardous and long-lived waste, ...
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24 September 2010
Since 2002, the NEA has been actively facilitating the detailed discussion of the evolving system of radiological protection in an Asian context. Its work in this area has included four previous conf...
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24 September 2010
NEA/RWM(2010)10
This draft report deals with the concepts of reversibility and retrievability for the deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel. It documents the results of an initiative that was ...
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24 September 2010
NEA/RWM(2010)14
The second phase of the RWMC Reversibility and Retrievability project was a data gathering phase, through use of a questionnaire to elicit information on the current status of disposal programmes in ...
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22 September 2010
Die internationalen Erfahrungen der vergangenen 20 Jahre zeigen, dass kerntechnische Anlagen sicher abgebaut und stillgelegt werden können, nachdem die Entscheidung getroffen wurde, den Betrieb zu be...
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21 September 2010
NEA/RWM(2010)13
This document contains a summary of the actions taken at the Radioactive Waste Management Committee's (RWMC) Reversibility and Retrievability Project Meeting, held in Paris, France on 21-23 June 2010...
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20 September 2010
Large volumes of hazardous wastes are produced each year, however only a small proportion of them are radioactive. While disposal options for hazardous wastes are generally well established, some typ...
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16 September 2010
The reliable supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) and its decay product, technetium-99m (Tc-99m), is a vital component of modern medical diagnostic practices. Disruptions in the supply chain of these radi...
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16 September 2010
The reliable supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) and its decay product, technetium-99m (Tc-99m), is a vital component of modern medical diagnostic practices. Disruptions in the supply chain of these radi...
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16 September 2010
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16 September 2010
This new edition of Nuclear Energy Data, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s annual compilation of official statistics and country reports on nuclear energy, provides key information on plans for new nu...
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15 September 2010
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7 September 2010
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31 August 2010
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31 August 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)5
These proceedings cover the 10th International Workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. The focus of this workshop was regulatory inspection activities in 3 main areas:
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4 August 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)6
This appendix supports the proceedings of the 10th International Workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities [NEA/CNRA/R(2010)5]. The workshop was hosted by the ministry of Housing, Spa...
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4 August 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)7
This report originated at the 35th meeting of the Working Group of Inspection Practices (WGIP) Members aimed to examine and evaluate the extent corrective action programmes (CAPs) are inspected and t...
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4 August 2010
Cette publication commémore l’École internationale de droit nucléaire qui célèbre son 10e anniversaire en 2010. L’objectif de la publication est d’offrir une vue d’ensemble des instruments internatio...
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30 July 2010
With several countries currently building nuclear power plants and planning the construction of more to meet long-term increases in electricity demand, uranium resources, production and demand remain...
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28 July 2010
This publication commemorates the International School of Nuclear Law which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010. The purpose of the publication is to provide an overview of the international ...
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26 July 2010
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23 July 2010
NEA/RWM/CPD(2010)3
This document was prepared by the Task Group on Decontamination and Dismantling (D&D) of Concrete Structures. It provides a comprehensive review of proven technologies and methods fro decontaminating...
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22 July 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)2
This document is an extension of the NEA/SEN/SIN/AMA(2006)2 report produced by Writing Group 3 on the extension of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to two-phase flow safety problems. Writing Group ...
Published date:
21 July 2010
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides subscribers with authoritative and comprehensive informati...
Published date:
21 July 2010
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses abonnés bénéficient d’informations exhaustive...
Published date:
21 July 2010
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
Published date:
13 July 2010
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5 July 2010
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5 July 2010
For the ISNL's 10th anniversary in 2010, the NEA published a special report on the ISNL's first decade, including a brief history of the founding of the programme and an overview of ISNL lecturers an...
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2 July 2010
Ce rapport conjoint de l’Agence internationale de l’énergie (AIE) et de l’Agence de l'OCDE pour l’énergie nucléaire (AEN) est la septième d’une série d’études consacrées aux coûts de production d’éle...
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25 June 2010
NEA/RWM(2010)12
In March 2010 a topical session was held on this subject during the plenary meeting of the RWMC with a view to identify common issues and, in due course, to start the RWMC first international project...
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25 June 2010
Hydrogen has the potential to play an important role as a sustainable and environmentally acceptable energy carrier in the 21st century. This report describes the scientific and technical challenges ...
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24 June 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)3
In June 2005, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) agreed to set up an expert meeting on the German proposal concerning the THAI Project. The objectives of the project were to ...
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22 June 2010
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16 June 2010
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9 June 2010
Experience from decommissioning projects suggests that the decommissioning of nuclear power plants could be made easier if this aspect received greater consideration at the design stage and during op...
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7 June 2010
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3 June 2010
Disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel in engineered facilities, or repositories, located deep underground in suitable geological formations is being developed worldwide as t...
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1 June 2010
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27 May 2010